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American Classics David Stock Yehudi Wyner The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music AMERICAN CLASSICS AMERICAN CLASSICS DAVID STOCK YEHUDI WYNER The Mirror Passover Offering Tants un Maysele A Little Miracle featuring renowned soloists, including: Richard Stoltzman, clarinet Daniel Stepner, violin Carol Wincenc, flute Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano Ronald Thomas, cello Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Gerard Schwarz, conductor 8.559423 8.559440 Yizkor YEHUDI WYNER MAX HELFMAN THE MIRROR DI NAYE HAGODE Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz, conductor AMERICAN CLASSICS GERSHON KINGSLEY Y’rusha Voices from the Shadow Soloists: Amy Goldstein Mary Catherine George Larry Picard Tekiah Matthew Walley Jazz Psalms Shabbat for Today (excerpts) Richard Stoltzman, clarinet Shiru Ladonai (excerpts) Soloists: Lisa Vroman Cantor Howard M. Stahl Stephen Burns, trumpet Harry Goz The Kingsley Singers and Ensemble Gershon Kingsley, conductor Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble David Stock, conductor 8.559435 8.559444 GERSHON KINGSLEY JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT VOICES FROM THE SHADOW SACRED SERVICE View all current Milken Archive releases at www.milkenarchive.org The complete Naxos American Classics catalog available at www.naxos.com SStock_Covertock_Cover 99422.indd422.indd 11-2-2 33/22/06/22/06 111:38:531:38:53 AAMM Stock_LinerNts 9422.indd, Spread 2 of 12 - Pages (2, 23) 3/22/06 11:37 AM A MESSAGE FROM THE MILKEN ARCHIVE FOUNDER Credits Dispersed over the centuries to all corners of the earth, the Jewish people absorbed elements of its host cultures while, miraculously, maintaining its own. As many Jews reconnected in America, escaping persecution The Milken Family Foundation was established by brothers Lowell and Michael Milken in 1982 with the mission to discover and seeking to take part in a visionary democratic society, their experiences found voice in their music. The and advance inventive, effective ways of helping people help themselves and those around them lead productive and sacred and secular body of work that has developed over the three centuries since Jews fi rst arrived on these satisfying lives. The Foundation advances this mission primarily through its work in education and medical research. shores provides a powerful means of expressing the multilayered saga of American Jewry. For more information, visit www.milkenarchive.org. While much of this music had become a vital force in American and world culture, even more music of specifi cally Jewish content had been created, perhaps performed, and then lost to current and future MILKEN ARCHIVE MILKEN ARCHIVE EDITORIAL BOARD generations. Believing that there was a unique opportunity to rediscover, preserve and transmit the collective memory contained within this music, I founded the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music in 1990. Lowell Milken, Founder Neil W. Levin Neil W. Levin, Artistic Director; Editor in Chief Paul W. Schwendener The passionate collaboration of many distinguished artists, ensembles and recording producers over the past fourteen years Richard V. Sandler, Executive Director Samuel Adler has created a vast repository of musical resources to educate, entertain and inspire people of all faiths and cultures. The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a living project; one that we hope will cultivate and nourish musicians and enthusiasts of Paul W. Schwendener, C.O.O., A&R Advisor, and Director of Marketing Ofer Ben-Amots this richly varied musical repertoire. Lawrence Lesser, Production Director Martin Bookspan Rebecca Rona, Administrative Director Cantor Charles Davidson Gina Genova, Associate Director of Research; Associate Editor Henry Fogel Lowell Milken Bonnie Somers, Communications Director Lukas Foss A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jules Lesner, Archive Committee Rabbi Morton M. Leifman Eliyahu Mishulovin, Research Associate and Translator Gerard Schwarz Maxine Bartow, Editorial Consultant Edwin Seroussi The quality, quantity, and amazing diversity of sacred as well as secular music written for or inspired by Jewish life in America is one of the least acknowledged achievements of modern Western culture. The time is ripe for a wider awareness and appreciation of these various repertoires—which may be designated appropriately The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music would not be possible without the contributions of hundreds of as an aggregate “American Jewish music.” The Milken Archive is a musical voyage of discovery encompassing more than 600 original pieces by some 200 composers—symphonies, operas, cantorial masterpieces, complete gifted and talented individuals. With a project of this scope and size it is diffcult to adequately recognize the valued synagogue services, concertos, Yiddish theater, and folk and popular music. The music in the Archive—all born contribution of each individual and organization. Omissions in the following list are inadvertent. Particular gratitude of the American Jewish experience or fashioned for uniquely American institutions—has been created by is expressed to: Gayl Abbey, Donald Barnum, Paul Bliese, Johnny Cho, Cammie Cohen, Jacob Garchik, Ben Gerstein, native American or immigrant composers. The repertoire is chosen by a panel of leading musical and Judaic Jeff Gust, Scott Horton, Jeffrey Ignarro, Brenda Koplin, Richard Lee, Joshua Lesser, Gustavo Luna, Malena Luongo, authorities who have selected works based on or inspired by traditional Jewish melodies or modes, liturgical and life-cycle functions and celebrations, sacred texts, and Jewish history and secular literature—with Tom Magallanes, Todd Mitsuda, Gary Panas, Nikki Parker, Jill Riseborough, Maria Rossi, Matthew Stork, and Brad Sytten. intrinsic artistic value always of paramount consideration for each genre. These CDs will be supplemented later by rare historic reference recordings. PHOTO CREDITS: Page 3, Suellen Fitzsimmons. Page 16 (left), Christian Steiner; (right), Saverio Truglia. Page 17 (left), The Milken Archive is music of AMERICA—a part of American culture in all its diversity; it is JEWISH, as an expression of Jewish John Pearson. Page 18 (left), Seattle Symphony in Benaroya Hall, photo by Fred Housel; (right), Yuen Lui Studios. tradition and culture enhanced and enriched by the American environment; and perhaps above all, it is MUSIC—music that transcends its boundaries of origin and invites sharing, music that has the power to speak to all of us. Neil W. Levin Neil W. Levin is an internationally recognized scholar and authority on Jewish music history, a professor For purchasers of this CD, these liner notes are available in a large-page format. of Jewish music at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, music director of Schola Hebraeica, and Address requests to [email protected] author of various articles, books, and monographs on Jewish music. 23 8.559422 Stock_LinerNts 9422.indd, Spread 3 of 12 - Pages (22, 3) 3/22/06 11:37 AM Alliance of Composers, directed the WQED- Credits About the Composers FM New Music Project, and written for such prestigious academic journals as Perspectives DAVID STOCK was DAVID STOCK (b. 1939) Tekiah (1987) of New Music. Publisher: Norruth Music, Inc. / MMB Music Publishing Inc. born in 1939 in Produced by Mark Yacovone Pittsburgh, where he A Little Miracle (1997) Stock’s music has been performed throughout Publisher: Norruth Music, Inc. / MMB Music Production Assistants: Jeffrey Stock, Rossen Milanov continues to make the United States and Europe, and in England, Publishing Inc. Recording Engineer: Riccardo Schulz his principal home. Mexico, Australia, and Korea. Among his most Recording: Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, Germany, Assistant Engineers: Raymond Chick, Harold Walls He studied trumpet prized commissions are Kickoff, which was April 2000 / October 2001 Editing: Pittsburgh Digital Recording & Editing and composition with premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Recording Producer: Wolfram Nehls Company Nikolai Lopatnikoff Recording Engineers: Martin Eichberg / Henri Thaon Mastering: Francisco J Rodriguez, conducted by Kurt Masur during the and Alexei Haieff at Assistant Recording Engineers: Susanne Beyer / Sylvia Digital Dynamics Audio, Pittsburgh, PA orchestra’s 150th anniversary season, and his the Carnegie Institute Milchmeyer Recording: Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Temple, violin concerto, which received its premiere of Technology (later Recording Project Manager: Paul Schwendener Pittsburgh, PA, February 27, 1992 performance by Andrés Cárdenes and the Carnegie Mellon University), where he received Pittsburgh Symphony under Lorin Maazel’s Yizkor (1999) Y’rusha (1986) his bachelor of fi ne arts degree in 1962 and baton—for its 100th anniversary celebrations. Publisher: Norruth Music, Inc. / MMB Music Publishing Inc. Publisher: Norruth Music, Inc. / MMB Music Publishing Inc. his master of fi ne arts degree a year later. He Other signifi cant works include Available Light Recording: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, May 1999 Produced by Mark Yacovone earned another master’s degree at Brandeis (1995) and American Accents (1983), both for Recording Producer: Adam Stern Production Assistants: Jeffrey Stock, Rossen Milanov University, studying with Arthur Berger. He has chamber orchestra; A Joyful Noise (1983) and Recording Engineer: Al Swanson Recording Engineer: Riccardo Schulz also studied at the École Normale de Musique Recording Project Managers: Paul Schwendener / Assistant Engineers: Raymond Chick, Harold Walls Inner Space (1973), for full symphony orchestra; in Paris and at the Berkshire Music Center. Neil Levin Editing: Pittsburgh Digital Recording
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